Fortuna Spinneth Downward
The thing that struck me about the Belt beaning last night was how LOUD it was. Especially for a curve ball. But that thing was heat seeking and it just hit him about as square as you can get hit. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s done for the year. And the day after he tied his highest HR mark for a season. It’s unreal bad luck.
One way to look at this: if you’re into luck/bad luck/karma etc….maybe this is “payment due” for those 3 beauties we got from ’10-’14. And there has been SO MUCH bad luck, maybe we’re getting it all out of the way in a single season. Maybe.
Stratton today. LOL. STRATTON!!!!! He’s just not good. But when the season is lost you look at young guys, or at least most teams do. Personally, I think this has more to do with not embarrassing Cain anymore than it does with wanting to get an honest look at a younger player.
The Giants have had some pretty bad first round draft picks since Posey:
Gillaspie, Wheeler, Brown, Panik, Crick, STRATTON!!!!!, Arroyo, Beede, Bickford, Shaw. Well, maybe not *bad*. But there were some serious misses over the last several years. If Shaw, Beede and Arroyo work out it can’t be called *bad*. Let’s see if they ever turn into anything….
On Stix, the briefing shows that the sentencing hearing last month was a sort of small trial. Stix testified, as did several of his friends and family members. Among the government’s witnesses was the cop who bled from a minor scrape after the bullet broke the chopper’s plexiglass.
One of the big issues in the sentencing decision is whether Stix knew that the helicopter was a law enforcement aircraft. Among the government’s evidence were photographs showing the ID displayed on the chopper, including a registration number on the tail. The government also relied on a fairly long letter to Stix that incorporated the registration number into a small drawing. The author of the letter, Stix’s friend, had to testify that in Stix’s house he’d searched for and found the registration number, scrawled on an old envelope. It’s easy to imagine how other Stix correspondence to and from, and conversations with, people on the outside might have been used at a full trial. Maybe it’s best that Stix avoided that trial. I don’t know.
The feds are gunning for Stix. I do know that. They want to set an example. I hope to hell the judge has enough discretion under federal law to give Stix a break. And I hope he does. But hope doesn’t mean a thing in court.
How can a letter be admitted into evidence with no objection-the support was the friends testimony? How do we know that envelope was not written or planted by somebody else? Why would a “friend” write that in a letter obviously subject to jailer review?…
these are fantastix questions. None of this is making much sense except that we are talking about someone who is probably dealing with a mental illness, probably not affiliated with the brightest bulbs on the planet, and everyone in his corner is probably pretty easily duped or used.
Stix scribbled the Choppers registration number down on a envelope in his house?
Not good at all,wonder if it was just from that 1st confrontation are he wrote it down from past flybys to be prepared for future altercations.Either way you don’t have that type of evidence just laying around in the open to make a easier case against you.. But still, “Free Stix”
It’s a double-whammy bad season because, in addition to the Giants’ dismal performance, the Dodgers are winning so many games.
Every break in the world is going for the Dodgers this season. Scrap-heap pick-ups and 5th round picks are playing like Hall of Famers.
I can’t decide which former manager has the more annoying spelling of their first name:
Jimy Williams or Fredi Gonzalez.
If Belt is done for the season, Chi will win the Belt HR prediction:
chipower9 said, on March 15, 2017 at 7:04 am
18 bombs for the Giraffe…
kinda banked that one in but he’ll take it! Nice call Chi!
Belt’s career splits for August and September:
August .294/.373/519 .892 OPS
Sept/Oct .292 /.375/.491 .866 OPS
out with the old, in with the…..old?
Belt does heat it up in Aug&Sept when he’s on the field,unfortunately he’s had a bad run of injuries in his career ( broken hand, 3 concussions 1 in college at Texas) just once I would of liked to see a FULL SEASON out of him, think 2016? only one, but some players are destined to be snake bit with injuries and Brandon seems to be one of them unfortunately..
I’m trying to envision why someone would scrawl a plane registration number down on an envelope. What am I missing here?
So you know when to close the greenhouse roof or otherwise cover the plants.
ah i see. I guess I didn’t consider how many planes are flying around his house. I would think there would be few if any but what I know about living in the stix?
Bummer about Belt but Loo you gotta be pretty stoked that Panda is returning, right?
Stix must have had a pretty big pot growing operation going on. I wonder if he was selling it to everyone in town? No way he was smoking all that ganja right? I’m not a pot smoker so I don’t know how much one man could smoke in a given day. We smoked a lot in college but that was a long time ago…..
Why bring upPanda? They should bring up Shaw to play first for Belt. He also can play OF. Pablo plays third and the Spread. So tired of this front office making PR moves…
Shaw is not on the 40 man so the club would have to sacrifice one of the uber valuable bats of Parker, Gorky and Tomlinson.
Shit the Giants can’t even do that right.
Don’t dump Specs he’s the only entertaining Giant left to watch..
I seem to remember some long rants about johnny law harassing him so it is probably something that built up over time. If they were low enough for him to take out the cockpit windshield they were probably “surveilling” his property. Maybe he was supplying a medical dispensary or something like that.
So when they made those moves a few days ago they put Panda on the 40?…
True that Sandoval is taking Belt’s spot but wasn’t there something about his deal that he had to end up in MLB by season end or becomes a free agent so he was coming anyway? I guess they could release Cain but you know…reasons.
Maybe when they dumped Gillespie it opened a spot for the haystack?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Belt’s career is over. This sounds very Matheny like.
Had the same thought, wilco. Cold to say but it’s another reason they should’ve moved him last off season or at the deadline.
May as well bring Sandoval back now so Bochy can endlessly run him out there at the tail end of a lost season rather than breaking camp with him next spring.
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Giant vendors are stocking up on “Fatboy ice cream sandwiches ” for the big anticipated arrival of the Panda..
So Puig’s new thing is to sexually assault the hitting coach after every HR he hits. The media thinks it’s funny. It’s not.
Puig grabs the hitting coach around the head and starts kissing him as the guy struggles to get away. But Puig doesn’t let go until he’s done kissing him. The look on the hitting coach’s face is complete distress. He obviously hates it. But it’s doubtful that Roberts cares.
jesus, why is this allowed? The hitting coach obviously hates it
Puig is a child.
Why would Roberts allow that to go on if it POs the coach that much? Weird…
Chuck, re your CTE post late last might, yes, I had seen that story. I can’t imagine how many hits in the A gap Gore has taken since high school. Seriously, if he lives past 60 it’ll be a miracle. I’ve lost interest in the NFL, that being just one reason. It is a league built on using up and spitting out bodies. I don’t know why Brady keeps in the game at 40. Nothing to prove. He’d rather be with his jock buds and get more CTE than be with Gisele, apparently…
I’m seriously going to root for the Nats to take out the Doghairs in the playoffs, and Dusty goes on to win the WS so he can retire with a ring. Dusty knows how to manage players and get the best out of them, and get a team to pull together. Nats were a mess with Matt Williams. Dusty fixed it. He’s crap managing pitchers, that’s his Achilles heel, with game managing not so hot either. Maybe his bench coach can fix that in playoffs. Anyway, with SF in the merde, I’m rooting for Dusty…
absolutely. And I’m telling you, when the Dodgers get knocked out of the post season again, after possibly setting the win record, it’s going to be glorious….
now that it’s been established that The Donger can’t fucking hit a lick it’s even more amazing that he donged in his first game up here helping the team win. That’s incredible actually.
I think the rotation is set for next year.
Bum-Cueto-Smarj-Moore-Blach
Most of the pen likely to return as well…
hey, Timmy been working on a knuckleball. With Panda back The Freak might not be far behind!
Id give Blach the thord spot..
Third
Kontos claimed on waivers by Pirates
Just saw that too, James. For nothing. F-ing Booby is unbelievable. What a clown.
Yeah, an unexciting but effective player for the most part. Hard to believe he couldn’t have been packaged for a mid-range prospect or two.
Unreal. Several contending teams would have been willing to give up something for Kontos.
Chances Panda is in the LU tonight? If he is I’ll be glued to his at bats.
John Shea saying he’ll be in the LU.
excellent. I’m fired up for some Panda at bats. I’m guessing big ovation pre-first at bat.
The Kontos thing was one of those waiver gambles. Nearly everyone gets put on waivers, by every team. The Pirates bit. Giants said, whatever. Go ahead. He would just get more expensive. My most memorable moments of him were in the 2012 postseason, esp. vs. Cincy.
Bad luck for Belt…still cant hit the high fastball.
Gillaspie gone???
Time for 9 holes..storms brought 70 degree weather…have hardly played all year…
And apparently Stix hits helicopters better than Belt with high fastballs or attempting to Bunt…
Couldn’t hit the high fastball, which prevented him from being a top player. Yet somehow he managed to put together very good numbers every year he played a full season. As he likely would have done in 2017.
If Kontos isn’t in the plans next year then the FO had to get something at the deadline. Even if it was just a low level mid prospect. Letting him go for absolutely nothing is utter incompetence and squarely on Booby if he’s the GM.
i don’t have it in me today to get worked up over not getting anything for Kontos.
LOL!
I’m with Flav, thank you Pirates.
Pablo batting cleanup.
BF lays it out well in the main post about the abysmal job of drafting the Giants have done lately. This team could have reloaded by now, but instead we’re one of the worst teams in baseball. The question is how many bleak years are ahead for the Giants?
Uh oh. Puig just homered. Look out!
Kontos should of never agreed to help Amy G on the golf course, he was never the same pitcher after that!
Typical Booby, doesn’t know how to make a trade so he just goes for the salary dump.Cain should be next but nobody in the organization has the cojones to make that call..
just heard Kontos get interviewed by Marty Lurie. He ended the interview by telling Kontos that he loved him, lqtm. I guess they have done several shows together. Anyway, surprised that he has been with us for 6 years. And something that hasn’t gotten addressed: why didn’t the Giants pull him back when he got claimed? If they couldn’t trade him they should have just kept him.
Pablo batting clean up tonight is the funniest thing I’ve heard all day.
Now that George from the jungle is gone,Only Bum&Cain are left from the pitching staff with multiple W/S rings.How quickly the staff has evaporated..
So what’s your guy’s take on the reception Pablo gets tonight in his first at bat? I am expecting a strong response, at least half the fans will be giving him a standing O, maybe more. I’ll be shocked if it’s just a polite applause.
Expect a huge ovation. A reminder of a time they’ll never see again…
I swear, I do not understand this Kontos thing. I think Bochy overworked his ass, and that is why he’s had nothing the past 3-4 weeks. Nothing. They could have DLed him for a bit to get rid of the dead arm, bring him back. Then try a trade after some decent shows before end August. To just give him up for nada other than the salary dump for 7 weeks is crazy. Even if they weren’t going to bring him back, they could have gotten some kind of a body, or a PTBNL that would be at least minor league roster fodder. They basically abused him arm, then said adios. IMO the SF front office is totally out to lunch…
yeah. Lurie was like “Hey George, at least this means someone WANTS you!” and Kontos agreed but come on, Pitt is taking this guy for free.
Do they no how to trade anymore? I think not,Booby still has to look over at Sabes for answers, and Sabes is saying :Hey kid I made my couple of splashes in the 90’s with my Matt Williams I’m not a idiot trade, and his rape of the Pads for Kevin Mitchell,Dave Draveky,Craig Lefferts in 87.
Throw in one of his best moves Jason Schmidt for a can of beans and Vogey, and the move at the break when he bitch slapped the Whitesox’s out of Danny Darwin,Roberto Hernandez,and a 3rd pitcher who I forget but was good as well.But now Sabes just kicks back and refuses to get involved so all the blame can fall on Booby.Good strategy on his part as he rides into the sunset..
they’re running that recurring 1997 team show on NBA Sports BA. It’s really good even though I’ve seen it before.
goddamn, Rod Beck getting out of that bases loaded jam vs the Dodgers in the Brian Johnson game literally brings tears to my eyes every time I see it. So fucking awesome.
Kontos alone had no value. Even before his recent awfulness, he was at best a throw-in to the bigger trade that they never made…
Ok, but why not keep him around to finish the year? Why just give him away? Fucking pussy salary dump by one of the richest teams in the league. Pathetic.
Well, besides saving a few bucks, I guess they give him a remote shot at the playoffs and a chance to audition for another team…
He will get the standing ovation 1st time up,True Giant fans don’t forget what he contributed especially in the playoffs.1st DP are K will temper the excitement though..
Shit, he can’t blame his fat if he’s no good anymore. He looks great.
Spent some time this afternoon in Livermore on a whim at the Intermediate Little League World Series. ESPN televising and all. Very cool. These kids are 11-13, supposedly, most in the upper range. PRico was blasting Venezuela 8-2 when I left. There were a couple of kids on PR that looked like pro potential for sure. Tall, lanky, wiry strong and could mash with some sweet, compact swings. I don’t know if there were scouts there, but I would not doubt it since they sign kids at 16 in the Caribbean. Giants should have had somebody there. PR pitcher had a sweet curve, and the Venez pitcher wasn’t as good, but had a damn change-up that was nasty. PR kids were serious bidness, they can play…
Burns me up that Jerrel Wilson, long time KC Chief punter (60’s-70’s) isn’t in the stupid Hall of Fame.
He was every bit as good as Ray Guy – just had a few more blocked, which is not necessarily his fault.
You never even hear his name. It’s like Ray Fuckin’ Guy was the only great punter in history…
if you’re bored as I am now just waiting for Panda’s first at bat, go to the 41 min mark and watch this shit. And that first strike pitch to Zeile…..are you KIDDING ME? lol, thanks!
Pretty funny – probably the reason he swung at the second pitch. And how the fuck did he look at strike 3 right down the middle?
and according to Kruk he threw it 94, the only time he’d thrown 94 all season. I bet there was multiple bullshit to call on Kruk there but it was 1997 and no way to call him out on it. lol
That was fun to watch. Never saw it before. Everyone looks so thin.
Dusty has his faults but between Craig, him and Bochy we have been so lucky. I am taking heat on twitter from Dodger fans right now because I called out Roberts for allowing Puig’s stupid kissing celebration. I haven’t responded. Not worth it.
The 3 homer WS game in 2012 is and probably always will be my best in person game memory. I’ll take that shit to my grave. Should be full applause for Pablito as far as I’m concerned.
you and Kokonuts were there, I was on the train home.
No Kent. Disappointing.
What the fuck has Joe Roa been doing the last 20 years? He looks pretty good.
Estes scoring big points with me right now. Never really cared for him but he’s bringing back some great memories. He cared. Still does.
I wish I could be watching this. That was a special season for me for so many reasons, both good and bad.
me too. I’ll never forget that Brian Johnson game. I had just broken up with my long time girlfriend, I was sitting on my porch listening to the game on the radio smoking a smoke (I quite shortly after for good) and just remember celebrating wildly. But I was in a pretty bad place and that game brought me out of my shit for a bit…..
I’m trying to avoid any more “this guy sucks” comments, but gawd Larry Baer is most annoying Giant in a landslide. I think i’d rather listen to AmyG.
Great tribute to that 97 team and Estes great work bringing back some memories of “The Shooter&Darryl Hamilton!
Brian Johnson’s HR will always be epic in my book as well!!
Stratton gonna get murdered today right? Cain is probably sitting in the dugout feeling bad about what’s about to happen since he’s mostly to fault for this.
The murder has commenced for Stratton.
Nice relay are it could of been 3 runs.That one the 3rd base coach has to wear..
Stratton wearing Kruk’s #34. This has got to have him doing the slowest of burns……
fun fact: Descalso pitched an inning this week, I think in blowout vs. cubs and allowed no runs/hits iirc.
Aug 1 game Tuesday at Wrigley won by Cubs 16-4. Descalso pitched 8th retired all 3 guys he faced.
Local kid Descalso looking for that BP gig with the Giants next year..
of course they fucking missed him walking up to the plate.
Nice ovation, what was heard of it.
As a buddy of mine from my forklift driving warehouse days 30 yrs ago used to say, “That’s fantastic brutha.”
underwhelming. Nobody cares about anything anymore.
It looked like a positive response from the fans for Sandoval, but not a rabid response, and maybe a 1/4 of them were standing, at the most. But all things considered, that’s a win for him.
2nd&3rd no outs and zzzzzzzzz
That’s your Giant season in a nutshell..
Who’s the last Dodger to hit 3 HRs in a World Series game?
Didn’t CF Willie Davis makes 3 errors in one?
stupid gif.
Stupid poster, but he gets a lot of rhythm here. Fuck him and the Dodgers.
Throws like that won’t win the fans over..
Pence is absolutely worthless at this point. Didn’t see him falling apart so quickly. He’s like me out there.
For those of you (Wilco) who couldn’t see it: Estes told a story about Shooter about how he came into the clubhouse and saw Shooter on the exercise bike….with ice packs on his shoulder and knee…..smoking a smoke and drinking a beer. That says so much about him as well as Dusty’s leadership abilities. I’m not saying Beck could have been better if he actually took care of himself, it is pretty amazing he got so far in the major leagues acting like that. If Dusty’s teams had been bad I would have said “bad manager”. But the dude just knew what to let go and what not to let go…..
Time will tell if Roberts has the same touch. This Puig thing making out with the neck of his hitting coach is something I would like to have seen how Dusty would have dealt with……..
Dusty would’ve just done the death-defying toothpick twirl.
LA’s hitting coach now claims he has a Hickey from Puig..
Beck had heart. That’s what got him to where he was. He was tough as hell and battled his ass off, every time out there. He’d get beat sometimes, but it was never because he mailed it in. He had some great times with the Giants. This team has none of that.
If Evans doesn’t get canned right after the season ends, I’m going to shit. This stupid Panda move is just the latest in a long line of incompetent decisions. He has no business running any team let alone a MLB team. What an idiot.
great swing and hit. Better than anything else we have tonight. I’ll take it.
goddamn he still can’t keep his front shirt in his pants. Still fat. Still…whatever.
which archway? WHICH ARCHWAY JIN YANG MOTHERFUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (you gotta watch Silicon Valley to appreciate that one)
Pablo looks like he just got out of a sauna. Completely gassed. Zero conditioning for that guy, what has he been doing that he can’t run the bases once without looking like he’s having a heart attack immediately after??????
Well…I couldn’t have done that…..
horrible uni’s tonight. One of the worst I’ve ever seen. College shit.
No kidding. Panda was flat out spectacular here for his time. Not sure why the animosity. He’s holding back Ryder fucking Jones? Please. We’ve had 15 guy s fail at 3rd base, so what the fuck?
As much as Booby owns the lack of trades and general decline of the team, the scouting depoartment has been shooting blanks for 8 years now.
Sure, PH for your clean-up hitter on the night of his storybook comeback when you’re 74 GB…
Yeah, that was inspiring.
I think Panda was out of gas anyway. Posey? Sure
Bochy seems to have a real fucking feel for the moment. Whatever. I agree Chuck but what would you have rather seen?
Yeah, pretty dumb, but I think Panda woulda at least got a sac fly.
Bleeeeh.
Parker’s raking tho.
Time to let Goldschmidt beat us…
If it goes extra innings, Goldy will get another chance.
I’m arguing with some dumb 16 year old girl on twitter about the Dodgers. What have I become? Logging off………
Twitter is only good for Super 70s Sports. Otherwise I have no use for it.
agreed.
That guy looks like Son of Sam getting told by his dog to kill someone.
Kinda looks like Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie.
Good for Parker. That’s gotta feel good for him
maybe that’s your CF for next year and some protection behind Posey. Yeah he has couple nice games, nice grab tonite too plus an assist.
1-0 with Pablo back!
Incredibly stupid way to set the defense in that situation…
yeah strange alignment. thx for the WS card with box too. I liked Davis, dunno what happened to him that day but I remember watching that game.
He lost one or two in the sun, I think…
No shit. What good is fielding a grounder 30′ behind 2nd base?
Good to see Parker hitting. Maybe he’s the missing ingredient.
hah
i’m still pissed Bochy pulled Pablo back for his at bat. Literally ruined the night for me.
I know it’s meaningless but I’d like to see Giants finish with better record than as many teams in the league as possible.
Directly ahead of them are the Reds who lost at home to STL and are now 45-65. SD 48 Ws Mets 49.
Reds are 6th in HRs with 147 but only 10th in runs scored and have given up 100 more runs to opposition and 30 more bombs. they are dead last in ERA, over 5.00 runs a game.
Mets have similar stats, lot of HRs (2nd in NL) low BA/OB and 14th in ERA = 10 games under .500.
Just saw the Puig vid. If I’m the Dodgers hitting coach, I slap him in the face every strikeout.